100 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
* Group 4. Wing, over 6.50 inches long. 
GS a, RAIS oe mae oe, Bers aR e327 
Virginia Rail. King Rail. Black Rail. Sora Rail. 
Breast, tinged with rufous checks; rufous throat, whitish; back, streaked; bill, long and 
slightly curved. Rallus elegans. King Rail. 
See No. 165. 
Coots. 
Bill, short and pointed; forehead, with more or less of a shield; toes, with large lobate 
webs; head, blackish; back, dark slaty gray; underparts, dark ash gray, whitish, on abdomen. 
Fulica amcricana. American Coot. Tlud Hen. Blue Peter. 
See No. 178. 
* For directions for measurement, see page 9. 
